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Bureau of European Affairs

The Bureau of European Affairs is headed by Assistant Secretary James F. Dobbins. The Bureau is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing U.S. foreign policy on a variety of issues that deal with national security, economic prosperity, democracy, human rights, protection of the environment, halting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and combating terrorism and international crime.

Welcome! We hope the information available on this site answers your questions. For assistance relating to U.S. foreign policy toward Europe please contact the Office of Policy and Public Affairs at (202)647-6925.


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Selected Topics

Policy Objectives and Implementation

Press Statements

Selected Remarks, Testimony,
and Briefings

  • 01/18/01: Secretary Albright (Remarks with Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform of Ireland)
  • January 10-13, 2001: Remarks from Secretary Albright's Trip to Europe
  • 01/04/01: Secretary Albright (Remarks with Foreign Affairs Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
  • December 2000: Remarks from President Clinton's Trip to Europe
  • December 2000: Remarks from Secretary Albright's Trip to Europe
  • 12/16/00: Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Roundtable on Russian-American Relations)
  • 12/09/00: Secretary Albright (Haekkerup to Replace Kouchner as UN Head in Kosovo)
  • 11/25-11/27/00: Remarks from Secretary Albright's Trip to Europe
  • 11/20/00: Secretary Albright (United States Backs European Rapid Reaction Force)
  • 11/18/00: President Clinton (Establishing Formal Diplomatic Relations With the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
  • 11/03/00: Under Secretary Pickering (America's Stake in Europe's Future)
  • 10/19/00: Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Shores of Peace: Advancing Security and Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region)
  • 10/06/00: Secretary Albright (Press briefing on elections in Yugoslavia)
  • 09/30-10/04/00: Remarks from Secretary Albright's Trip to Europe
  • 09/20/00: Jim O'Brien, Special Advisor to President and the Secretary of State for Balkan Democracy (On-the-record briefing)
  • 09/13/00: Larry Napper, Coordinator for East European Assistance (Stability, Transformation and Integration in Southeast Europe)
  • 08/07/00: Thomas Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Business Climate in Southeast Europe)
  • 06/14/00: Robert A. Seiple, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom (The Treatment of Religious Minorities in Western Europe)
  • 04/07/00: Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Southeastern Europe: An Endeavor Consistent With the Transatlantic Vision and Indicative of the Changing International Environment)
  • 03/23/00: Rob Boone, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Impact of Organized Crime and Corruption on Southeast Europe and Central Asia)
  • 03/07/00: Secretary Albright (Building a Europe Whole and Free)
  • 02/04/00: Under Secretary Thomas Pickering (A Transatlantic Community for the 21st Century)
  • 02/02/00: Under Secretary Thomas Pickering (Greece and the United States: A Partnership for Southeastern Europe)
  • 01/26/00: Secretary Albright (Remarks at European Institute Awards Dinner)
  • 01/24/00: Deputy Secretary Talbott (A Baltic Home-Coming)
  • Remarks from Secretary Albright's Travels to Europe

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